The Lies You Tell Yourself

And why it’s so easy to believe them. You desperately want to.

Here I am. Reemerging yet again after another couple of weeks of being MIA. This time I wasn’t physically sick, I was anxious, depressed, and somewhat shocked.

Who knew cortisone shots could cause depression? Had I known this, would I have scheduled an appointment so close to the date of the worst trauma of my life? Probably not…

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I left an almost 40 year unhappy marriage. One daughter cut me out of her life, and that of her children due to my actions. I write about that hurt and more.

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Mandy McElroy

I left an almost 40 year unhappy marriage. One daughter cut me out of her life, and that of her children due to my actions. I write about that hurt and more.